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NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Rewatch: “New Beginnings Part II”

The basics: The OSP works with the ATF on a gun deal while personal changes come to the team.

Written by: Kyle Harimoto & R. Scott Gemmill

Kyle Harimoto wrote "Omni", "Merry Evasion", "Chernoff, K" (season six finale), "Command and Control" as episode 150, "Granger, O.", "Ghost Gun", "Kulinda", "767", "Se Murio El Payaso", "Assets"/"Liabilities", "Venganza", "Superhuman", "One of Us", "Let Fate Decide" (season 11 premiere), "Decoy", "Answers" , "Watch Over Me", "Cash Flow", "Fukushu", "Bonafides", "Come Together" (season 13 finale) and "Of Value". He co-wrote "Three Hearts", "Leipei", "Humbug", both ends of the "Matryoshka" two-parter (part one with Gemmill), "Smokescreen" part two, "Searching", "A Fait Acompli", "A Tale of Two Igors" (season 12 finale, with Gemmill), "Best Seller" and “New Beginnings Part I” (with Gemmill)

R. Scott Gemmill wrote/cowrote "The Only Easy Day", "Brimstone", "Breach", "LD50", "Found", "Borderline", "Absolution", "Archangel", "Tin Soldiers", "Impostors", "Cyberthreat", "Honor", "The Watchers" and both sides of the NCIS Los: Angeles/Hawaii Five-0 "Touch of Death" episodes, "Recruit", "Free Ride", "Wanted", "Ravens and The Swans", "Impact", "War Cries", both ends of the "Deep Trouble" season five finale/season six premiere, "Inelegant Heart", "Praesidium", "Traitor", "Active Measures" (season seven premiere), "Blame It On Rio", "Internal Affairs", "Matryoshka" part one (with Harimoto), "Talion" (season seven finale), "High Value Target"/"Belly of the Beast" (season eight premieres), "The Queen’s Gambit", "Under Siege", "Unleashed" (season eight finale), "Party Crashers" (season nine’s premiere), "This Is What We Do" (episode 200), "Các Tù Nhân", "Goodbye Vietnam", "Ninguna Salida" (the season nine finale), "Hit List", "Asesinos", "Till Death Do Us Part", "Choke Point", "The Guardian", "Hail Mary", "Kill Beale Vol. 1", "Alsiyadun", "Fortune Favors the Brave", "The Bear" (season 12 premiere), "Angry Karen", "Love Kills", "Russia, Russia, Russia", "The Noble Maidens", "A Tale of Two Igors" (season 12 finale with Harimoto), "Subject 17" (season 13 premiere), "All The Little Things", "MWD", Work and Family", "Game of Drones", "A Long Time Coming" and “New Beginnings Part I” (with Harimoto).

Directed by: John P. Kousakis directed "Imposters", "Sacrifice", "San Voir" part one, "The Fifth Man", "Parley", "Inelegant Heart", "Chernoff, K." (season six finale), "Active Measures", "The Long Goodbye", "Talion" (season seven finale), "Glasnost", "Unleashed" (season 8 finale), "Party Crashers" (season nine premiere), "This Is What We Do" (episode 200), "Goodbye Vietnam", "Ninguna Salida" (season nine finale), "The Guardian", "High Society", "A Tale of Two Igors" (season 12 finale), "Under the Influence", "Genesis", "Come Together" (season 13 finale), "A Farewell to Arms", “New Beginnings Part I”, all of the Afghanistan scenes from "Iron Curtain Rising" to "Zero Days" in season five and all of Kensi’s injury/recovery storyline scenes from "The Queen’s Gambit" to "Sirens" in season eight.

Guest stars of note: Bar Paly as Anastasia "Anna" Kolchek, Vyto Rugins as Arkady Kolcheck, Ava McCoy as Jordyn Rountree, Natalia del Riego as Rosa, Lesley Boone as Nina Barnes Duncan Campbell as Agent Castor, CSI’s Liz Vassey as ATF SAC Kerry Adams and UFC Champion Randy Couture as ATF Agent Bill Newsome are all back from Part 1. Pamela Reed as Roberta Deeks returned from season 14’s seventh episode “Survival of the Fittest”, Peter Cambor as Nate Getz returned from “Genesis” in season 13, Erik Palladino returned from season 14’s “Best Seller” as Vostanick Sabatino, Renee Felice Smith returned as Nell Jones from the season 12 finale “A Tale of Two Igors”, Chip O’Donnell as the New Guy.

Linda Hunt was credited for her voice over work. Both Cambor and Hunt were credited at the end of the episode to add to the surprise.

Our heroes: Sail into the sunset

What important things did we learn about: Callen: Married Sam: Best Man. Kensi: Pregnant. Deeks: Dad to be. Fatima: Catches the bouquet. Rountree: Proud brother. Kilbride: Worried about the younger staffers.

What not so important things did we learn about: Callen: His Mr. Carl is a butch Mr. Rogers. Sam: Switch is a specific man. Kensi: Glowing according to Anna. Deeks: Former member of the Kiss Army. Fatima: Running things in Ops with Rountree Rountree: See Fatima. Kilbride: Calling the Argentinean military about some missing guns.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange? Hopefully somewhere where Callen, Sam, Nell, Nate, Sabatino and the New Guy can find her.

Who's down with OTP: One got married, one is having a baby.

Who's down with BrOTP: The show’s central relationship is doing just fine.

Fashion review: The main characters all wore their Part 1 clothes for most of the episode. Sam changed into a black Carhart jacket, black tee and black pants as Switch. At the wedding, Callen and Sam looked spiffy in their tuxedos. Callen wore a bow tie, Sam a long black silk tie. Kensi wore a lovely grey gown. Deeks went with fashion forward with a pink jacket, crisp white dress shirt with no tie and black pants. Fatima wore a beautiful red gown. Rountree went with a dark suit and a white tee-shirt. The Admiral work his work suit, which transitioned nicely into evening wear. At the end of the episode, Callen is in a light blue button down shirt, Sam is wearing an olive green field coat with a black baseball cap.

Music: “Private Number” by William Bell featuring Judy Clay played in the after wedding scenes. “Midunya” by Moroccan Spirit was playing when Callen and Sam arrived in Morocco. “Hold On, I’m Coming” by Sam & Dave ended the episode.

Any notable cut scene: No.

Quote: “I most certainly do.”

Anything else: Previously-s including the Admiral meeting with Adams, the team meeting with Newsome, meeting with Nina Barnes, the fight in the bad guy’s house and learning that Kerry Adams is dirty.

The shooting continues in the garage. Callen and Sam find cover behind two different cement columns as Adams and her driver reload. The time reloading gives Callen and Sam the window to shoot both Adams and her driver. Adams is alive and trying to get to her weapon. Callen gets to her gun first. He calls for an ambulance. She doesn’t know how Callen and Sam figured things out.

The opening credits are a nice mix of 14-seasons worth of credits.

Callen, Sam and in an-Ops Fatima and Rountree debate whether Adams was dirty and setting up Newsome to take the fall or if Adams and Newsome were working together. If Newsome is dirty, Kensi and Deeks could be in trouble. Fatima will contact the two about the change in the ATF’s relationship with NCIS. Rountree has news from Commander Collins. About 90% of the stolen weapons are used by the Argentinean military. The Admiral is going to tell Argentina’s military that someone is stealing from their bunkers.

On overwatch, Deeks is out of snacks. Kensi isn’t eating – they aren’t on a picnic, they are on overwatch. They debate whether Newsome is dirty or not. Deeks wants to play “I Spy”, Kensi really does not.

In the boat shed, Castor brings Nina Barnes to a patiently waiting Callen and Sam. Castor and Barnes have Starbucks – Castor ordered a girly drink. Callen wanted Barnes to appear because it was “urgent” but obviously she didn’t think it was urgent. Since she’s not getting paid, she’s running on her schedule. Callen asks if Barnes knows who is moving the weapons. She does not have a name but the weapon buyers but knows they are moving the money with special fund exchange where she may or may not have an account. Barnes thinks she can set up an arrangement with the weapons broker. Asked about how the money is moved, Barnes explains that everything is done with an air-gapped computer. “Good luck with that.”

All dressed in black, Barnes is reading to make the deal with “Switch”. She sees the new armory in the boat shed and thinks it had to be Kibride’s idea. He had a similar set-up when he lived in Texas but the guns came up from the ground. Callen, Sam and Barnes leave to make a deal with the gunrunners.

Sam and Barnes go to a up for rent restaurant to meet with the gunrunners. Sam takes a weapon from the boat shed’s armory.

With Kilbride keeping Fatima and Rountree in Ops, Kensi and Deeks are on their own watching Newsome. Deeks takes out his earwig, Kensi does the same. Saying they don’t have to be so far away in overwatch, he wants them to move up closer to Newsome and the bad guys. Kensi could check out the van with the weapons while Deeks causes a distraction with some “bubble gum.”

In the restaurant, Sam and Barnes are searched even though she “never has anything on me.” The guard find’s Sam’s gun. He’ll get it when their business is completed. A man, Bryant, comes from the kitchen. He’s not happy, the rules are Barnes only comes alone – who is her guest. Sam introduces himself as Switch saying “this bitch owes me money.” Since Barnes has credits in the system, she wants to cash out - $110,000, a specific number for a specific man.

From Ops, Rountree has the schematics of the restaurant and will guide Callen to where he needs to be. Meanwhile, Fatima is cutting cell service so Callen will have to use satellite technology to stay in contact with Ops. Callen makes his way into the building, just missing being seen by Bryant and his guard. Bryant notices there is no cell service. He’s off to check if Barnes has enough money in her account.

The guard returns to Sam and Barnes – Bryant is getting approval to move the money. Sam/Switch isn’t interested in approval, he’s interested in getting his money. Barnes wants the money – it is her money.

Deeks is yelling near the gate of the bad guy’s house, looking for Bubble Gum, his Burmese python that gone missing. The last time he slithered away, he ate a coyote and was sick. The guys at the front gate want nothing to do with “freak boy” Deeks. Kensi is able to get near the vans and place cameras on the vehicle. Deeks is going on about his hypoglycemic snake. Fatima and Rountree are getting feeds from the cameras. Deeks is warning the guys at the front gate that their dogs, cats, platypus’s are all in danger with Bubble Gum slithering free. When Deeks gets the all clear, he leaves after seeing Bubblegum.

Walking into Ops, the Admiral sees that Kensi is just outside of the house and Deeks is by the gates. He also sees video of the weapons inside the vans being sent by the cameras Kensi attached. Unhappy the plan was not “vetted by me”, the Admiral wants Kensi and Deeks back on overwatch until the team knows who is running the guns. He also asks if Callen has found the air-gapped computer. He has not. This isn’t good – “we’re running out of time,” according the Admiral.

The Admiral tells Fatima and Rountree there is a lot of admire about the senior members of the team, a lot to learn from them. Rountree says they’ve learned a lot from them. The Admiral was not in the mood to be interrupted since he wasn’t finished. Kilbride does not want Fatima and Rountree to learn that disobeying orders is appropriate. Fatima wonders if Kensi and Deeks were “technically” disobeying orders. They were according to the Admiral, “what the hell would you call it?” When there is no answer, the Admiral demands one since there are no wrong answers. Rountree thinks Kensi and Deeks showed initiative. “Wrong,” the Admiral yells – seems there were wrong answers. Also, Fatima sort of smiles and that doesn’t help her cause. She finally raises her hand wondering if they should join Kensi and Deeks in the field. That goes over poorly. They will remain in Ops to support the team.

Callen gets Bryant into a sleeper hold, knocking the man out. A few zip-ties later and Callen is at the stopgap computer. With his satellite phone, he gets Fatima and Rountree into the computer. Fatima finds who got the weapons to the gunrunner while Rountree looks for the buyer – Maximillian Dana. Dana is a businessman with restaurants, dry cleaners and other stores. Obviously he also sells guns. Kilbride gives the green light – Callen and Sam can end their work at the restaurant, Kensi and Deeks can secure the weapons.

Just as Callen is about to get offline, the Bryant’s guard walks in. He takes a few shots at Callen before Callen can take him down. The shooting in the back of restaurant has Sam, Barnes and the guards in the front of the restaurants all pointing fingers at each other. Sam thinks the cops are coming. One of the guards starts shooting. Barnes pulls a gun from her bra and takes him down. Sam takes a gun from one of the guards. Barnes covers Sam as he gets back his weapon. The two take out the last guard. Sam gets an all clear from Callen before childing Barnes for not telling him she was armed. She likes the element of surprise, besides “real gentlemen never touch the good stuff.” The gun is her “Double D-Defender.”

As she moves to the house, Kensi is taken by surprise by a guard coming up from behind her. The two struggle falling through a glass door. Kensi is off comms at this point so Fatima sends in Deeks behind her. He jumps a fence to get to her, making sure the guard near Kensi stays unarmed. “God I love you,” Deeks tells her before two other guards arrive. Kensi takes out one, Deeks the other in a show of great teamwork. Both Fatima and Rountree are impressed by Kensi’s work.

In the bad guys’ playroom, one of the two remaining henchmen says he’s lost contact with the other guards. This causes the two to go after Newsome. They think he’s a cop. “Kill him.” Hiding in a closet, Newsome knocks out one of the henchmen, getting his weapon. The other henchman makes a threat against Newsome. With the big weapon from the bad guy, Newsome shoots out a wall, shooting henchmen number two.

Outside of the house, the surviving henchmen are being taken away in ambulances. Kensi and Deeks are sitting the back of an open police SUV when Newsome comes by. While it is tough for him to admit, he was happy to have NCIS’s help. He promises that if NCIS ever needs help, he’s there. Deeks start talking about all the NCIS team members going lone wolf at different parts of their time with the agency and it rarely works. Newsome has heard enough to know he likes working alone. As he departs, Kensi gets a text. Callen wants to meet with them in Beverly Hills. If Kensi and Deeks leave right now, they could swing by Rosa’s softball games. Deeks likes the idea of hot dogs and soda. That gets a “hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo” from Kensi.

Rountree is waiting for Jordyn. Her alumni interview went well. Her grades and professor recommendations are among the best they’ve ever seen and certainly the best this year. Jordyn feels Rountree “oozing negative energy.” Rountree explains that there is news in their case. There will be no LAPD trial. Jordyn is shocked. There will be a settlement and while Jordyn doesn’t want to, Rountree tells her it is a lot of money. It will pay for all of Jordyn’s medical school tuition/expenses with enough money left over that they could buy a condo and stop paying rent. They don’t have to make the decision today but they do have to make a decision. Rountree thinks the best outcome of this terrible incident is that they can change the trajectory of their family tree. Jordyn disagrees – they changed that by both being college graduates. Now Rountree disagrees – Jordyn is going to have more than a college degree, she’s going to be a doctor. Rountree reminds Jordyn that she did all the hard work – getting the grads, studying, acing her interview. He’s “damn proud” to call her his sister.

Callen walks into his house as Arkady and Anna are bickering about the seating plan. Arkady asks Callen where should he sit for the wedding. “In the parking lot,” is Callen’s answer. Anna will let Arkady pick his seat if he brings one guest. Arkady explains he was always a “plus two” wedding guest. The conversation turns to Titan the DJ and Callen wants no part of it. He wants to speak privately to Anna, who is about to go but first she warns Arkady that if he touches the seating chart, “I will cut you.” Arkady is proud – Anna reminds him of her mother. “And you see what that got her.” And adds “she will always be my minus one.”

Saying she’s going to kill Arkady, Callen tells Anna to give him the head’s up – Arkady is too big to move alone. “Not if I cut him into pieces.” Callen asks Anna if she still wants to get married. She does but is worried he doesn’t. He does. He really does. He just doesn’t want to do it this way. Anna apologizes that the wedding planning has gone badly. Callen promises Anna that none of this matters – he wants to get married now. “Now now, right now.” Anna says she looks like a mess. They can get married at City Hall. Anna can wear her dress, Callen will borrow a tux from work. Arkady can go if Anna wants him there. Callen even called Stacey, Anna’s maid of honor. She’s out of town. Anna has a backup plan. She is grateful to Callen. The two kiss.

Kensi cannot believe that Callen and Anna are getting married. She is putting on an nice gown. An arriving Rosa has two dresses – a blue one with polka dots and a pink and green floral dress – and she can’t decide. Kensi like the pink and green. Deeks shows up in a dress shirt without his pants. He can’t find them but Kensi tells him they are in the laundry. Asked by Rosa which dress, Deeks thinks they’re both beautiful but obviously, the blue one. Rosa thinks her parents aren’t helping.

Kensi struggles to zip up the back of her dress when the phone rings. Deeks can’t get the phone so Kensi answers. It is Dr. Cassell asking how Kensi feels. She’s thinking of sticking with the bland diet. The doctor gives her news and she starts crying. Deeks returns, asking about his shoes. Kensi ends the call and she’s really crying. Deeks is as upset as she is – wanting to know how was on the phone. The two hug, he’s scared she’s not talking. She finally tells him, “we’re having a baby.” Deeks is stunned – they tried everything and nothing worked. The two hug again. He’s thrilled it wasn’t her food that made her sick. Kensi starts to laugh. A returning Rosa asks what’s going on. Deeks tells her she’s going to be a big sister. Rosa is happy too. The three have a big family hug. Kensi wants them to keep this all a secret – today is about Callen and Anna. “Who?” Deeks asks before agreeing to keep things quiet. Deeks want to confirm things with Dr. Cassell.

At the courthouse, Callen and Sam are dressed in their fancy tuxedos. Callen thanks Sam for being his best man. “I would not be here today if it wasn’t for you.” Sam agrees. Callen wonders if Sam feels the same. After teasing about some heartfelt moments being missed, Sam agrees. The two shares “I loves you’s” and a big hug. Callen is ready to get married. The guests are in the middle of the courthouse floor. Rountree, Deeks, Bertie, Rosa, Arkady, Admiral and Fatima are all waiting. All smiling. Anna arrives with Kensi as her bridesmaid and a judge. “Let’s get ready to rumble,” the judge says.

Callen and Anna say their “I do’s” with a weeping Arkady watching over Kensi’s shoulder. Callen jumped the gun on his “I do”, cracking up the crowd before saying “I most certainly do.” The two exchange rings and their first married kiss. The Admiral wishes Callen and Anna their best. Kensi thinks Anna looks stunning, Anna thinks Kensi is glowing. Deeks is eyeballing Arkady and Bertie together. Rosa thinks Arkady and Bertie make a great couple. Deeks asks Rosa if Arkady is what she wants in a grandpa.

Fatima catches Anna’s bouquet, with a “hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo” from Rountree this time. She tries to pass him the bouquet but he passes it right. Fatima jokingly calls him a coward.

Sam gives Callen another hug – he was sure he’d never see the day Callen would be happily married. A man speaking Arabic comes up to Callen and Sam, offering a letter complete with a wax seal, saying “May God protect you, have a blessed day,” translated by Sam.

As the man leaves, Sam goes after him while Callen opens the letter. It is from Hetty, who offers congratulations on the wedding and disappointment that she is missing “a glorious occasion”. While people think she never had a family, Hetty begs to differ, she has had the greatest family a person could wish for “and so have you.” Callen looks up and sees everyone at the wedding have a great time. Anna comes to Callen, asking about the letter. Sam returns. He tells them about the letter, which Sam knew had to be about the wedding because Hetty is Hetty. Hetty offers her house in Mykonos for the honeymoon – “stay as long as you like.” Anna always liked Hetty.

Inside the envelope are plane tickets to Morocco for a small side project. Anna promises to meet Callen in Greece as long as Sam keeps Callen alive.

In Morocco, Callen and Sam are in a jeep, going to a side of the road market in their GPS’s coordinates. Callen is hoping for a cold beer, Sam thinks he’ll be lucky to get some mint tea. Callen prefers mouthwash. Sam is hoping some of the locals speak French. Callen is confused – Sam speaks Arabic. He does, but not the local Darija Arabic spoken by the Morocco locals.

Callen is drawn to a little woman drinking tea. Saying “Hetty”, the little woman is Nell. Hetty has gotten herself into a little pickle and Nell with her team is having a hard time getting Hetty out. “Don’t tell me Beale’s here with you,” Callen says. Beale is giving a TED talk in Singapore. Nell’s team arrives – Nate, with a pornstache, Sabatino and the New Guy who is really named Willis even if Sabatino only calls him New Guy. Nate tells Callen and Sam their up to their asses in alligators. Having Callen and Sam there is going to help. Callen notes they were brought to Morocco under false circumstances. Nell gives a very Hetty answer: “Subterfuge is the foundation of good espionage.” “You’re getting more like Hetty every day,” Sam tells Nell, who takes it like a compliment. Nell is working on a plan. Sam and Dave’s “Hold On, I’m Coming” plays as Nell asks if Callen and Sam are ready for their new adventure. They are.

What head canon can be formed from here: This is how you do fan service. Almost every major character got their storyline wrapped up. Callen, who opened the series as the orphan without a first name, is Grisha who has a living sister, a nephew, a new bride and a wacky father-in-law. Kensi opened the series as the woman who lost all the men in her life now had a loving husband and was starting a family of her own. Deeks is a variation of this – his fracture family in childhood has become a loving wife, daughter and a baby on the way. Rountree’s conversation with Jordyn in Part I changed their family tree with their educations but the settlement with LAPD lets the two move forward with those changes.

As for Sam, I think they knew he was moving to NCIS: Hawai’i for a season. Sam, the family man, spent the season keeping his son in the air, reminded his daughter that he loves her for the person she is not for the persons she chooses to love and took care of the father who helped make him the man he was. He could leave them for a year knowing everyone is in a good place. Speaking of fathers and sons getting to a good place, the Admiral getting basically his own episode to start repairing his relationship with his son.

The only one who didn’t quite get her own ending was Fatima. Catching the bouquet at the wedding may be a hint of where she may wind up with Ali but she was the only character really left hanging.

Planning a season wrap-up next week and a series review week after that.

Thank you for reading these over the years. The program got me back into fannish things after a long break. The community here in Tumblr is terrific. This is how you fandom.

Episode number: This is both the season 14 finale and the series finale, episode number 323.

#NCIS: Los Angeles Rewatch #NCIS: Los Angeles #NCIS: LA #NCIS Los Angeles #ncis la

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ncisladaily · 2 years ago

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The 2 Part Series Finale:

WHEN AN ATF AGENT GOES MISSING, THE BUREAU SEEKS HELP FROM THE NCIS TEAM TO INVESTIGATE STOLEN MILITARY-GRADE WEAPONS AND LOCATE THE AGENT, ON PART ONE OF THE “NCIS: LOS ANGELES” SERIES FINALE, SUNDAY, MAY 14

“New Beginnings” – When an ATF agent goes missing, the bureau seeks help from the NCIS team to investigate stolen military-grade weapons and locate the agent. Also, Callen and Anna continue to plan their wedding, Rountree’s sister interviews for medical school and Sam encourages his father to take part in the drug trial, on part one of the series finale of the CBS Original series NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, May 14 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*.

WRITTEN BY: Kyle Harimoto & R. Scott Gemmill

DIRECTED BY: John Peter Kousakis

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THE NCIS TEAM CONTINUES THE CASE WITH ATF AND THE STOLEN WEAPONS, AND CALLEN AND ANNA DECIDE ON AN IMPROMPTU WEDDING, ON THE SERIES FINALE OF “NCIS: LOS ANGELES,” SUNDAY, MAY 21

“New Beginnings, Part Two” – The NCIS team continues the case with ATF and the stolen military-grade weapons. Also, Callen and Anna decide on an impromptu wedding, on part two of the series finale of the CBS Original series NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, May 21 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*.

WRITTEN BY: Kyle Harimoto & R. Scott Gemmill

DIRECTED BY: John Peter Kousakis

Thank you all for enjoying these press releases over the years!

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blogger360ncislarules · 1 year ago

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Daydreaming of who would write and direct 'The Search for Hetty'.

Yeah, I have too much time to think. And with that comes my top 3 choices of who I would like to write and direct 'The Search for Hetty' NCIS LA sequel movie if it were to ever be made:

Writers:

1, RSG

Shocked? Well, here are my strict reasons for him being my top choice despite my severe annoyance of what he did to this show:

1, He started the Syria/Morocco mission, he should be the one to get to finish it. 2, Most of the Hetty mentions throughout Seasons 12-14 came from his episodes 3, He started and ended the Vietnam arc, and it's ending is the kind of emotional ending I want to see again here. 4, Some of the best damn Hetty centric episodes, were yup, written by him.

So yeah. Despite it all, I believe if he wrote the movie, it would be the best, and would be handled in the best way with emotions and reunions.

2, Eric Christian Olsen

Reasons:

1, 'Mother' was incredible. (plus that ending. 🥰) 2, He wanted to write another Hetty episode, well. How about a Hetty centric movie?

3, Kyle Harimoto

Reason: Because I can't think of any other writers who would be well equipped to write such an important movie. (well, any GOOD writers who didn't leave for good at some point anyway).

Directors:

1, Diana Valentine

2, James Hanlon

3, JPK

#ncis la #thoughts #personal #hetty lange

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ncisfranchise-source · 3 years ago

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CBS RENEWS ALL THREE HIT DRAMAS IN THE NCIS FRANCHISE FOR THE 2022-2023 BROADCAST SEASON

#1 Broadcast Series “NCIS,” Top Freshman Drama “NCIS: Hawai’i” and

“NCIS: Los Angeles” Set to Return

CBS has renewed all three hit dramas in the NCIS franchise for the 2022-2023 broadcast season. The returning CBS Original series are #1 broadcast series NCIS, top freshman drama NCIS: HAWAI`I and NCIS: LOS ANGELES. Additional renewals will be announced in the coming weeks.

“NCIS, one of the most popular and enduring series in the world, and fan favorite NCIS: LOS ANGELES have been hugely successful on the CBS schedule for years,” said Kelly Kahl, president, CBS Entertainment. “With the strong new addition of NCIS: HAWAI`I, we are able to expand the strength of this formidable franchise across our schedule. We couldn’t be more excited to have all three talented casts and creative teams back to bring more compelling NCIS stories to viewers in the U.S. and around the globe.”

About NCIS

NCIS is the #1 broadcast series this season, delivering 11.11 million viewers and improving its new Monday 9:00 PM time slot by +149%. This season, NCIS has amassed over 95.8 billion potential social media impressions.

Sean Murray, Wilmer Valderrama, Brian Dietzen, Diona Reasonover and Katrina Law, with David McCallum, Rocky Carroll and Gary Cole, star. Steven D. Binder, Chas. Floyd Johnson, Mark Horowitz, Mark Harmon, Scott Williams, David North and Donald P. Bellisario serve as executive producers. NCIS is produced by Belisarius Productions in association with CBS Studios. The series will return for season 20.

About NCIS: HAWAI`I

NCIS: HAWAI’I is currently averaging 8.29 million viewers and is a time period winner on Monday at 10:00 PM, improving the time slot by +26%. In addition, it’s virtually tied for #1 new drama. The series has amassed over 11 billion potential social media impressions during its freshman season.

Vanessa Lachey, Alex Tarrant, Noah Mills, Yasmine Al-Bustami, Jason Antoon, Tori Anderson and Kian Talan star. Matt Bosack, Jan Nash, Christopher Silber and Larry Teng serve as executive producers. NCIS: HAWAI`I is produced by CBS Studios. The series will return for season two.

About NCIS: LOS ANGELES

NCIS: LOS ANGELES is averaging 7.27 million viewers and is the top scripted program in its competitive time period Sunday at 10:00 PM. Season to date, it has amassed over 6 billion social media impressions. The show’s 300th episode will air Sunday, May 8. The series will return for season 14.

Chris O’Donnell, LL COOL J, Linda Hunt, Daniela Ruah, Eric Christian Olsen, Medalion Rahimi, Caleb Castille and Gerald McRaney star. R. Scott Gemmill, John P. Kousakis, Frank Military and Kyle Harimoto serve as executive producers. NCIS: LOS ANGELES is produced by CBS Studios.

In addition to CBS Studios producing NCIS, NCIS: HAWAI`I and NCIS: LOS ANGELES, as previously reported, the Studio is expanding globally and producing a local version of the brand for Australia, with NCIS: SYDNEY for Network 10 and Paramount+ Australia.

#ncis #ncis la #ncis hawaii

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Repost: @dg251170 PROMO VIDEO for #ncisla season 12 episode 18 „A Tale of Two Igors” on May 23 (season finale) Deeks is kidnapped by an associate of Kirkin’s (Ravil Isyanov) in need of his help and NCIS investigates the shooting of a militarized dolphin equipped with a Russian microchip. Also, Beale makes Nell an interesting offer and Hetty returns, on the 12th season finale of NCIS: LOS ANGELES, Sunday, May 23 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. GUEST CAST: Gerald McRaney (Retired Navy Admiral Hollace Kilbride) Sandi Todorovic (Igor Kuznetsov) Sisa Grey (Dr. Jennifer Tuala) Denys Toliarenko (Taras) Luke Sholl (Henry) Michael Klesic (Igor Lebedev) Ravil Isyanov (Anatoli Kirkin) WRITTEN BY: Kyle Harimoto and R. Scott Gemmill DIRECTED BY: John P. Kousakis https://www.instagram.com/p/CO9d6nYDscC/?igshid=3lih17xhd1ji

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sspaz1000 · 6 years ago

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Anyone else catch this off of Kyle Harimoto's Insta Story? Looks like this is definitely going into S11.

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tooldtoship · 8 years ago

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Watching the rerun of Kalinda and the conversation between Deeks and Nell about the trees, sounds like it came right out of one of @typingtess stories. I wonder if Kyle Harimoto will be reading Tess’s new summer story, Comte?

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agentblyeanddeeks · 4 years ago

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Kyle Harimoto

The DVD is a pretty good representation of what S11 was.

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typingtess · 4 months ago

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NCIS: Los Angeles Season 14 Rewatch: “New Beginnings Part One”

The basics: NCIS’s Office of Special Projects gets involved with an ATF undercover operation.

Written by: Kyle Harimoto & R. Scott Gemmill

R. Scott Gemmill wrote/cowrote "The Only Easy Day", "Brimstone", "Breach", "LD50", "Found", "Borderline", "Absolution", "Archangel", "Tin Soldiers", "Impostors", "Cyberthreat", "Honor", "The Watchers" and both sides of the NCIS Los: Angeles/Hawaii Five-0 "Touch of Death" episodes, "Recruit", "Free Ride", "Wanted", "Ravens and The Swans", "Impact", "War Cries", both ends of the "Deep Trouble" season five finale/season six premiere, "Inelegant Heart", "Praesidium", "Traitor", "Active Measures" (season seven premiere), "Blame It On Rio", "Internal Affairs", "Matryoshka" part one (with Harimoto), "Talion" (season seven finale), "High Value Target"/"Belly of the Beast" (season eight premieres), "The Queen’s Gambit", "Under Siege", "Unleashed" (season eight finale), "Party Crashers" (season nine’s premiere), "This Is What We Do" (episode 200), "Các Tù Nhân", "Goodbye Vietnam", "Ninguna Salida" (the season nine finale), "Hit List", "Asesinos", "Till Death Do Us Part", "Choke Point", "The Guardian", "Hail Mary", "Kill Beale Vol. 1", "Alsiyadun", "Fortune Favors the Brave", "The Bear" (season 12 premiere), "Angry Karen", "Love Kills", "Russia, Russia, Russia", "The Noble Maidens", "A Tale of Two Igors" (season 12 finale with Harimoto), "Subject 17" (season 13 premiere), "All The Little Things", "MWD", Work and Family", "Game of Drones" and "A Long Time Coming" NCIS/NCIS: Hawaii cross-over hour.

Directed by: John P. Kousakis directed "Imposters", "Sacrifice", "San Voir" part one, "The Fifth Man", "Parley", "Inelegant Heart", "Chernoff, K." (season six finale), "Active Measures", "The Long Goodbye", "Talion" (season seven finale), "Glasnost", "Unleashed" (season 8 finale), "Party Crashers" (season nine premiere), "This Is What We Do" (episode 200), "Goodbye Vietnam", "Ninguna Salida" (season nine finale), "The Guardian", "High Society", "A Tale of Two Igors" (season 12 finale), "Under the Influence", "Genesis", "Come Together" (season 13 finale), "A Farewell to Arms", all of the Afghanistan scenes from "Iron Curtain Rising" to "Zero Days" in season five and all of Kensi’s injury/recovery storyline scenes from "The Queen’s Gambit" to "Sirens" in season eight.

Guest stars of note: Bar Paly as Anastasia "Anna" Kolchek is back from “Shame”, season 14’s 14th episode, Ava McCoy as Jordyn Rountree is back from “Sleeping Dogs”, season 14’s 16th episode, Richard Gant as Raymond Hanna is back from “Dead Stick”, season 14’s 4th episode, Vyto Rugins as Arkady Kolchek is back from “Blood Bank”, season 14’s 9th episode, Natalia del Riego as Rosa is back from “The Other Shoe”, season 14’s 15th episode, Lesley Boone as Nina Barnes is back from “A Farewell to Arms”, season 14’s 13th episode, Duncan Campbell has done three episodes in a row as Agent Castor, CSI's Liz Vassey as ATF SAC Kerry Adams, Celeste Den as NMC Commander Collins and former UFC Champion Randy Couture as ATF Agent Bill Newsome.

Our heroes: Are nearing the end.

What important things did we learn about: Callen: Wondering if he’s doing the right thing with Anna. Sam: Believes Callen is doing the right thing with Anna. Kensi: Not feeling well. Deeks: Happy, grateful and enjoying his family moments. Fatima: Doing a warrantless search. Rountree: Hearing from his lawyer about his lawsuit against LAPD. Kilbride: Working well with other agencies.

What not so important things did we learn about: Callen: Wasn’t interested in how Arkady was banned from the Playboy Mansion until he was really interested. Sam: Working out with Raymond in the park Kensi: Eating leftovers in the fridge. Deeks: Not removing expired leftovers from the fridge. Fatima: Master of the obvious as the episode ends. Rountree: Being his sister’s biggest fan. Kilbride: Making a rare visit during the work day to the boat shed.

Where in the world is Henrietta Lange? In the previously-s.

Who's down with OTP: Callen and Anna/Kensi and Deeks are having some ups and downs but are all very much in love.

Who's down with BrOTP: If you don’t think the penultimate episode isn’t going to play up the most important relationship in the show, you would be wrong.

Fashion review: Callen starts the day in a light blue workout shirt with a darker blue workout jacket. Later, he wears a blue plaid button down shirt. Sam wears black workout gear and a black cap in the park with Raymond, black long-sleeve tee at work. Kensi wears a black top to the office. Working overwatch, Kensi and Deeks are in light green jackets with light colored-pants so they fit in with the nature around them. Deeks starts the episode in dark grey sweatshirt. Fatima wears black cropped shrug sweater over a white tee-shirt that is fantastic. Rountree light blue tee-shirt and a really light blue demin jacket. Kilbride has a charcoal grey three-piece suit, light blue dress shirt, beige paisley tie with a hint of pink.

Music: “Pushin’ Rope” by Dead Things and War is playing in Anna’s ear buds when Arkady comes to visit. “Hunt You Down” by Jonathan Murrill, Lee Richardson, Tom Ford, James Cocozza and Raxstar is playing in the gunrunner’s home.

Any notable cut scene: Yes! After Rosa leaves for school, Deeks reviews some of her assignments – all A’s. Kensi is in awe – Rosa makes all her excellent work look so easy, especially with English being a second language. Kensi thinks Rosa is smarter than both of them. Deeks thinks one of them – the one who is a scavenger when it comes to left overs in the fridge. Kensi mentions that he’s the one who lets the food stay in the fridge for so long. The conversation devolves into zombies. Kensi wants to play a game where Deeks won’t talk without Kensi asking a question. He doesn’t like that game. She said she didn’t ask a question.

Quote: Callen: “You think I'm doing the right thing?” Sam: “Doesn't matter what I think or anyone else, for that matter. But, yes, I think you're doing the right thing.” Callen: “What?” Sam: “Nothing.” Callen: “Come on, tell me.” Sam: “It's just, it's just hard to believe, you know? G. Callen, the nomad, the lone wolf, the shadow, about to be a married man.” Callen: “Yup. Did you plan your wedding?” Sam: “Are you kidding me? You knew Michelle. I was lucky she let me attend. That woman was nothing if not a taskmaster. Wow. Long time ago.”

Anything else: Lots of previously-s including the Rosa barbeque on the beach, Callen proposing, Sam dealing with Raymond’s condition, Rountree and Jordyn’s awful police encounter, Kilbride and Hetty having a talk before she left for Syria and Kilbride telling Callen Hetty was going.

In what looks like an abandoned warehouse, an intruder breaks in through the skylight. He finds a few shipping containers. One is empty. The other has boxes, but they’re empty too. Looking at some of the warehouse shelves, the intruder pulls the pin on a special grenade that starts a countdown. A security guard confronts the intruder, with two men acting as back up. As the guard tries to handcuff the intruder, the grenade blows. Nobody is too badly hurt. The intruder is able to punch and kick his way through the guards.

In their dining room, Callen and Anna are negotiating the seating arrangement for the wedding. Arkady is bringing two dates and dates can’t sit near each other. Callen jokes that Arkady thinks he’s Hugh Hefner. This brings back memories for Anna of when Arkady was banned from the Playboy Mansion for dressing as Britney Spears, complete with a live snake, for a Halloween party.

Anna gets a call. Two members of the band for the wedding has been in a car crash. They are all alive and doing well but can’t play. Anna is really upset. Callen promises that it is all going to work out – “it always does.”

In the park, Sam is sparring/working out with Raymond. Raymond calls it a workout, surprising Sam since the Major he knew never quit a workout. The Major Sam knew had his original hips, Raymond reminds Sam. Besides, he was at the gym twice that week with Arkady. “Cigarettes and a flask aren’t exactly the building blocks of a tough workout,” Sam tells his father. Besides, Sam went through lots of tough workouts as a kids, workouts that would trigger a child protective services call today. Raymond asks if Sam would have gotten through SEALS training without those workouts. “Probably” is Sam’s answer.

The Blye-Deeks home is getting ready to start the day. They are just back from camping – Kensi brought the chocolate and graham crackers but Deeks forgot the marshmallows. After Deeks makes a bad joke that smores without marshmallows are just sores, Rosa calls him on telling Dad Jokes. They are going camping again soon.

As Rosa leaves, Deeks revels in the happiness and love he feels for his family. He’s mindful of all this. Kensi chides him – Kilbride isn’t a mindful fan. Kensi isn’t feeling well. She ate week old shawarma Deeks left in the fridge and said was still good. Deeks said when she mentioned leftovers, he thought she was talking the ribs. Kensi wants all leftovers dated and tossed after 48 hours. She’s only allowed to eat rice, applesauce, toast and bananas. And it’s Deeks’s fault.

In his SUV, Rountree is giving advice to Jordyn, who is going in to interview for medical school. She knows she wouldn’t be there without him. Rountree doesn’t agree. They compromise on it being a Rountree team effort. Rountree is so proud of Jordyn. She makes him promise not to be mopey if the interview doesn’t work. But he know she’s going this.

A woman pulls up in a parking lot in a non-descript Ford sedan. She’s meeting the Admiral in his non-descript American sedan. Introducing herself as ATF SAC Kerry Adams, she is asked by the Admiral about why they are meeting. Adams has an agent, William Newsome, who is working a long undercover operation. She shows a photo of Newsome to the Admiral. It is the intruder at the warehouse. Adams claims that Newsome has had an exceptional career with ATF, “truly one of our best.” He’s working a case with stole weapons that are military grade. Adams hasn’t spoken to Newsome for a while - not uncommon but she’s concerned.

There are people around Adams who believe Newsome may have flipped. His daughter died of a drug overdose, he split up with his wife. The Admiral calls it a familiar story. Adams is concerned that if Newsome flipped, he knows how the ATF functions, knows some deep undercover ATF agents in the field. She hopes she’s wrong when it comes to being suspicious of Newsome but if she’s not, Newsome is not someone they want to cross. The Admiral promised Adams that if Newsome is in trouble, NCIS will help him. If he’s flipped, well, NCIS and the ATF will deal with that if it happens.

Driving to work, Callen is reading the case to Sam. Kilbride wants Callen and Sam to work with Newsome. They are worried that being undercover so long, Newsome may project an image NCIS and the ATF want to see. Callen thinks they’ll be fine – everyone has a tell. Sam asks Callen what is his tell. Callen tells Sam he tilts his head as a “tell”. Sam tells Callen his “tell” is giggling.

Entering the boat shed, Agent Castor introduces Callen and Sam to Newsome. The case is about “trigger happy gunrunners with a drug issue,” according to Newsome. Sam thinks that a great combination. Newsome is undercover to find out who is running the organization – nobody in law enforcement can figure that out – and where they are getting their military grade weapons. Time is of the essence. The organization will be leaving LA soon. They have a large stockpile of weapons in town. They want to sell the weapons and get out of town. Newsome needs to return to the gang. Callen and Sam will work on the organization’s leadership and where the guns are coming from. Other agents will be assigned to watch Newsome. Newsome is grateful for the help.

A distracted Rountree walks into Ops. Fatima has Newsome’s activity reports on the big screen. Noticing he’s texting, Fatima asks what’s going on. Rountree tries to gloss over it but says his lawyer heard from LAPD. He has news for Rountree once he knows what’s going on. Fatima promises it is going to be alright. Rountree is worried, Jordyn doesn’t need extra stress this week. The two return to the case. With the large cache of military weapons mentioned in Newsome’s reports, Fatima and Rountree think it is a good idea to call Nina Barnes (it is always a good idea to call Nina Barnes).

It's Kensi and Deeks’s turn to walk into the boat shed to talk to Newsome. This time the Admiral does the intros. Kensi and Deeks are overwatch. Newsome is worried he’s been made. After the Admiral points out the house used by the gunrunners in Malibu Canyon, Deeks knows the area. Kilbride tells Kensi, Deeks and Newsome that he doesn’t want any cowboy stuff. If Newsome has been found out, Newsome needs to hit the deck with Kensi and Deeks firing inside the house.

In an outdoor parking lot, Callen and Sam are meeting Nina Barnes. Callen thinks this meeting should be Barnes’s store or roach coach. Fatima warns Callen not to call the pastry truck a roach coach if he expects Barnes to help. She’s meeting with angel investors to take her pastries national.

As they wait, Callen asks Sam if he is doing the right thing with Anna. Sam says it doesn’t matter what he thinks, it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks. And Sam thinks Callen is doing the right thing. Sam is shocked – “G. Callen, the nomad, the lone wolf, the shadow – about to be a married man.” Callen asks if Sam planned his wedding. Sam was lucky to go to his wedding. Callen knew Michelle and she was nothing if not a taskmaster. Sam stops and says “wow, a long time ago.” Sam’s phone goes off. Raymond is a candidate for a drug trial for his condition. The people running the drug trial more information about Raymond. That sounds like a good sign.

Looking at the big screen in Ops, Rountree notices Newsome’s finances are what they would expect but a second daughter is a Pepperdine without loans and driving a late model Range Rover. That is too much money for college and transportation for someone with Newsome’s salary. The ex-wife doesn’t have any money. If Newsome is working with the gunrunners, NCIS could be walking into a trap as he protects his financial benefactors.

Still waiting for Nina Barnes, Callen asks if Sam has his best man’s speech ready to go. Sam calls it a work in progress. “Don’t tell the Damascus story,” Callen warns. Sam is sad – the Damascus story is funny. Barns walks up, saying hi to Sam and “other guy.” She knows about the wedding, stating that she was married four times (twice to the same guy). Saying she learned something about marriage, Callen asks if that is “you’re a joy to live with”? He recommendation is “don’t do it” but she keeps getting married.

She knows a little about the organization Newsome has infiltrated. They’re psychopaths who makes Russian bad guys look like Boy Scouts. No name for the leader, the group runs very low to the ground and anyone who pushes is in big trouble. Callen asks if Barnes couldn’t have told them all that info on the phone. She could have but then she wouldn’t have seen Sam. Callen is sighing. Barnes says the organization has excellent intel. Asked if that is coming from say an undercover ATF agent who may have flipped, Barnes is still checking. She’ll have something for them at the end of the day along with their order for $200 worth of pastries. She’s not working for free anymore. Sam asks for red velvet cake and that will be part of the order. She also promises same some lady fingers.

Callen calls into Ops. He tells Fatima that he needs to speak to a Naval ordinance specialist. That done, Callen thinks it is odd that Newsome is fine with NCIS backing him up and not his own agency. Sam thinks Kilbride may have had a talk with Newsome. Fatima asks if Callen needs a specific ordance specialist. He doesn’t. He just wants to look at the case from the weapons side.

In the Malibu Canyon, Deeks is worried about snakes. The Daryl Donkins story comes up, wondering if Rosa knows about Deeks’s reptilian heroism. Kensi and Deeks call in their location to the Admiral. The Admiral mentions Newsome’s questionable financials. Deeks thinks something is up – Newsome was just a bit too cool about what was going on. Why would he meet with NCIS while undercover? The Admiral thinks it was to see what NCIS knew about Newsome’s work. Kensi and Deeks may be doing overwatch to provide Newsome with an alibi. The Admiral thinks it could be a trap. With the Admiral off comms, Kensi asks if Deeks is thinks what she’s thinking. “That Thin Mints are the devil’s candy.” Kensi gives him a look before Deeks goes professional. He wants them to move their overwatch location if Newsome is setting up a trap. Deeks tells Kensi he knows that she knows how lucky she is to have him as a partner. “Lucky, lucky, me,” she tells Deeks. “Just hashtag blessed,” is his reply.

Listening to music with her earbuds in, Anna hears a floor board creak. She nearly kills Arkady, who let himself in after knocking and not getting an answer. Anna called Arkady. The wedding planning is getting to her. He understands. He thinks the only reason for marriage is to prepare a person for death. She’s not thrilled with that particular thought. Anna tells him about the band. He suggests a number of Russian musicians but Anna doesn’t want the wedding to become Maslenitsa. The good people at Google tell me that a Maslenitsa is “an ancient Orthodox Christian holiday celebrated in the last week before the Orthodox Lent. The festivities — also known as Pancake Week — are traditionally celebrated in Russia, Belarus, and Ukraine and mark the end of winter.” Arkady mentions there is always dancing at Maslenitsa, and who doesn’t like pancakes.

Anna said this was a bad idea. Arkady agrees. He’ll tell Grisha that the wedding was always a bad idea. Calling Arkady an idiot, Anna makes it clear – the wedding is fine, calling Arkady for help was the bad idea. Arkady suggests a Vegas DJ named Titan. Bonus – Arkady plays Durak with Titan’s dad Aleksei. Alesksei owes Arkady favors. When he makes the call, Aleskei can get Titan to work the wedding with Callen and Anna figuring out how to pay.

Callen and Sam meet with Kerry Adams in the boat shed. If Callen and Sam have any intel for her, Adams will be very impressed. Sam says they are still working on some things, Adams says the same. Callen thinks Newsome’s work is strong, the only question they have is financial when it comes to Newsome. He’d also like to know why Adams had some initial suspicions about Newsome. Sam pushes – what is Adams holding out on NCIS. Adams says she is protecting her people and the ATF but she doesn’t suspect anyone. Callen and Sam wonder about the other agencies Newsome works with including local law enforcement.

Sam’s phone rings – it is Raymond. Taking the call in interrogation, Raymond tells Sam his shoulder hurts so he’s not working out that day. It takes Sam a minute to realize Raymond isn’t home, he’s back at the park. Raymond walked to the park and he wants to walk home. Sam wants Raymond to take a seat. Raymond hangs up.

Back in Ops, Rountree asks if Fatima found anything. Newsome’s daughter has a college fund set up by her grandfather when she was born. That clears the financials so Kilbride wants Fatima and Rountree to check out every law enforcement official Newsome has worked with during his career. A real needle in a haystack.

In overwatch, Kensi sees two large Sprinter vans arriving at the Malibu house. It could be a very big weapons delivery.

A Commander Collins is on a video call with the Admiral. She is a weapons expert. He briefs her on the case. The munitions Fatima was able to inventory as part of the ATF investigation did not come from the Navy’s stockpiles. She runs the inventory. Nothing is missing. Many of the items on the list, however, are common weapons used by militaries all over the world. Collins will cross-reference the list Fatima sent to see who I using what.

Sam has a tracker on Raymond and finds him sitting, talking to a woman. Raymond is charming. Sam is frustrated, he was calling Raymond all the way over to the park. Raymond has the phone on vibrate. Too many telemarketers. Raymond tries to introduce “Osama” to his new friend. Sam pulls Raymond away. Raymond doesn’t remember the morning workout, he thinks Sam is working too hard and forgetting what was going on. The morning workout comes back to Raymond.

Sam pushed the clinical trials but Raymond is worried about it. He saw a doctor on CNN who wouldn’t take any medical treatment after the age of 75. Sam is confused – the doctor isn’t a Marine. Why is Raymond doing, or not doing this? Raymond decides he’s in. They share some family stories as Sam walks Raymond to his car.

Manning overwatch, Deeks using a parabolic microphone so he can hear the bad guys playing video games inside the house. Deeks wants an Xbox. Kensi is struggling. She’s sniffling and working hard to concentrate. Thinking they need full body scans for Rosa’s sake, Deeks goes on a long rant about the Doomsday Clock. Kensi, anti-Doomsday and anti-Clock. Kensi sees a new person entering the home.

Inside the home, the new guy tells Newsome and some other gunrunning stooges that the boss has the money coming in so the “merch” needs to be ready to go. Newsome, who is playing old-school pinball and not video games, asks about the “merch” and where the weapons are being held. The new guy and Newsome get into it. New guy pulls a knife on Newsome. That was a mistake as Newsome chokes him out and relieves the new guy of his knife. Newsome tells the new guy he can have his knife back when Newsome believes the new guy can handle it. In overwatch, Kensi and Deeks are impressed.

Fatima pulls up Kerry Adams’s financials without a warrant or subpoena. She’s dirty. “We” have to tell the Admiral, Fatima says to Rountree. Rountree isn’t so sure of the “we” part.

Kilbride calls into Callen and Sam. Adams is dirty and has been for years. The US Attorney’s Office can’t use the financials as a reason to indict Adams. If Callen and Sam can catch her in the act, however, they may be able to bring her down.

Racing to Adams’s home, Callen and Sam drive into an underground garage just as Adams is being driven out. Adams is shocked – has NCIS lost their minds. That’s when the shooting starts. In the back of Adams’s SUV, her driver pulls out a long gun and just lets loose on Callen, Sam and Sam’s car. She pulls out an automatic weapon and joins in on the unloading fun. Callen and Sam are hiding behind the Sam’s car as it is being blown to bits.

On comms, Fatima helpfully adds that they are outgunned and have to move.

What head canon can be formed from here: A really solid start to wrap up the series. Played on all the notes the program hit over 14-seasons – long-term undercover who may have been swallowed up by his role, corruption in federal agencies, relationships that matter to our heroes.

Loved the return of the show’s most recent “greatest hits” guest stars with Anna, Arkady, Rosa, Raymond and Nina Barnes, who the program should have found in season 10.

What is coming in part two was well set-up here. I do think they did a good job cutting out the one scene. Kensi and Deeks were sort of snotty to each other just after they had a lovely moment with Rosa and Deeks spoke about being in his happy place with his family.

A flaw in the storytelling – Adams gets NCIS involved because Newsome hasn’t called in to the office in days. Minutes later, he’s in the boat shed meeting with Castor, Callen, Sam, Kilbride, Kensi and Deeks.

Episode number: Episode 20 of season 14. Episode 322 overall. 322 episodes down, one to go.

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The Office of Special Projects wrapped up one final case in Sunday’s series finale of NCIS: Los Angeles — but that was really not the core of the episode.

In fact, showrunner R. Scott Gemmill said, the final case — in which the team helps a deep-cover ATF agent break up an arms-dealing ring — “was secondary to what we wanted to do,” which was put the characters viewers spent 14 seasons and 323 episodes watching in a good place as the series wrapped. Thus Callen (Chris O’Donnell) and Anna (Bar Paly) ditch their stressful plans for a big wedding and opt for a small courthouse ceremony. Kensi (Daniela Ruah) and Deeks (Eric Christian Olsen) find out they’re having a baby, Rountree (Caleb Castille) gets a life-changing settlement in his case against the LAPD, and Sam (LL Cool J) gets promising news about a medical trial for his dad (Richard Gant).

“It was just about going character by character and figuring out what they’ve been through, what they deserve and what we’d like to see for the future,” Gemmill, who wrote the series finale with Kyle Harimoto, told The Hollywood Reporter. “And what is the hopeful version of that, and I think we did our best doing that for every one of the characters.”

The series ends not at the wedding, however, but with Callen and Hanna traveling to Morocco to search for Hetty (Linda Hunt) — and reuniting with old colleagues Nell (Renee Felice Smith), Nate (Peter Cambor) and Sabatino (Erik Palladino). “What do you say, gentlemen? Are you ready for your next adventure?” Nell asks.

“Yeah,” Callen replies. “This is gonna be fun.”

Gemmill spoke with THR about why he likes a happy ending, putting together the reunion scene — and how one character got a “stay of execution” when COVID shut down production three years ago.

How much ahead of the public announcement that the show was ending did you find out about it?

We didn’t have a whole lot of time. And also, we didn’t know if we were going to have one or two episodes. We originally planned it as one finale episode, and then CBS was nice enough to give us two episodes. So then we had to rethink, again, in terms of what it means to have a two-parter. It was a little bit pressed for time, but this is what we do. We did the best job we could.

Since this is a show designed around weekly stories, along with ongoing character arcs, did you have to shift your thinking some as you brought the series to an end?

Writing a pilot is very difficult, and I think the next hardest thing is writing the finale of a series. Especially a show that’s been on for 14 seasons, there’s so much story that you’ve done, characters that have gone through life-changing events, and now you have to bring it all to a close. For us, it was really about trying to leave the fans in a really good place and not trying to be splashy or fancy or clever, but really leaving the characters knowing that they’re going to be OK — that they’re happy going forward. As a fan myself, when a series ends that I really enjoyed, I really prefer that it ends in a “happily ever after” sort of way. Cheesy as it might be, I just feel like if you’ve invested that much time in watching a show, you want leave in a satisfied state. That’s what we tried to do, was just bring every character’s story to some sort of conclusion that still offers hope for the future. I think “hope” is the key word.

What was breaking the final episodes like for the writers room?

It was just about going character by character and figuring out what they’ve been through, what they deserve and what we’d like to see for the future. And what is the hopeful version of that, and I think we did our best doing that for every one of the characters.

Did you build the case around the character beats or vice versa?

The story was secondary to what we wanted to do. We basically knew we want Callen to get married. We want Kensi and Deeks to find out they’re going to have a baby. We want Sam’s father to be accepted to a promising medical trial. We want it to wrap up Rountree’s case with law enforcement. And we wanted to send some hope that we’re gonna go save Hetty — we wanted to address that. Linda [Hunt] wasn’t available — had she been available, it might have been a little different, but we sort of gave it that service. We also wanted to revisit some characters that we’ve seen in the past, either through the wedding or through what we had in mind for the last scene, which was our guys in Morocco, on their way to try and rescue Hetty.

Were there other combinations of characters for that final scene that you had on the board?

It comes down to time, money and availability. I would have everybody and his brother there that I could have [laughs]. We wanted Arkady (Vyto Ruginis), we put him in the show. We wanted to see Deeks’ mother (Pamela Reed) again, she was at the wedding. Sabatino made an appearance, Nate made an appearance, and Nell. I would have had everybody if I could have, but it just isn’t feasible. We tried to give a nod to the past and to the future.

If you were to think about going past this episode, now that G is married, do you think that would change anything about the way he works?

Possibly. There was a script that was supposed to be the finale three years ago, where Anna got shot and killed. That was the year of COVID, and we didn’t shoot our finale. So she got a stay of execution and they ended up getting married [laughs]. So you never know what’s going to happen. With Callen, had we had another season coming, I’m not sure they would have gotten married in the finale, but I’m sure we would have gotten them married at some point. Knowing that there was the end of this series, we certainly put things into play that we may not have if we knew we were going to have to pick them up and carry them into the next season.

It was also fun to see Kensi and Deeks, in the scenes where they’re on overwatch, just get to talk and make cracks at each other.

The case was very secondary to really spending time with our characters, which is what the audience tunes in for. I’m sure they don’t remember the cases, but they do remember the interactions between the characters.

What was the last thing that you shot?

The last scene we filmed was on our stages. The last scene [of the episode] was shot prior to that out in the desert, although it was very, very green.

What was the atmosphere on set like on the last day?

It was very bittersweet. It was tough. It was a lot of tears, but that is also a sign of how much fun we’ve had and how lucky we’ve been. If a show goes down after one year, you don’t have the same level of attachment to those people that you do after 14. We saw people get married, have kids, so it was very emotional because ultimately it’s about the people that you work with. It was one thing to not do the show — we would have been OK if we could have just done a new show, you know? Everyone would have been a lot less upset because they would get to work together [again]. We have a really great family that works together and plays together. To know that now we’re all going to go to the four corners of the earth is, or at least four corners of Hollywood [laughs], is a little tough to face.

While there’s been some cast turnover, to have a show go this long and have your four leads there essentially the entire time, and you were there the whole time. I would imagine you had long-time crew as well — that’s a lot of history.

That’s a testimony to how well everyone gets along and how much we enjoy working together. That’s what makes it so difficult [to end it]. It’s not so much about the show itself. It’s really about the people.

On a more serious note, with the writers strike ongoing, what would you say are the most pressing issues that you want the guild to work out with the studios?

I think the AI thing is what scares me the most. That’s really come to be a real issue. And it’s not just for writers, it’s for studio execs, it’s for graphic artists, it’s for animators, it’s for just about everyone. If we were on the forefront of finding a way to come up with some laws for that. I mean, there are other issues too, with, you know, the mini-rooms and trying to establish day rates for writers and other silliness. When we go on strike, it’s never for the people who are sort of in the business at the moment, it’s more about for the future of the business and the future writers, and I think nothing speaks to that as an issue more than AI.

Did you take anything home with you after filming wrapped?

The guys gave me a sign from Surfside Sully’s. I don’t even remember what season it was [Ed. note: season two], but we built a beach bar in Santa Monica where we did a full burn and had a neon sign. So they gave me that, which was nice. But I didn’t personally take anything, just a lot of memories. I would have liked that golden shark from Squid and Dagger, but it was gone already.

Any last thoughts about having been with this series for so long?

It was a great, great run. I’m sad it’s over. I think we all are. You know, when you see grown men, tough, tough men coming up to you crying, you’ve done something right. We were blessed that CBS kept us on as long as they did. It will be a while before any of us to do that again, if we ever do.

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